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It is very interesting. I recently had burnout get so deep that I couldn't hide it anymore and had to react, I asked for a week off because I was burnt out. Got
by Killswitch 11y ago
It is very interesting. I recently had burnout get so deep that I couldn't hide it anymore and had to react, I asked for a week off because I was burnt out. Got given that weak off, 3 days in was fired.
1.5 years 10+ hour days, 7 days a week with only 2 days off after my daughter was born.
- adwn 11y ago> 1.5 years 10+ hour days, 7 days a week with only 2 days off after my daughter was born. Why did you do that? (not an accusation, genuinely curious)
- Killswitch 11y agoI was given equity in the company, told it was my company too. I felt me working extra would contribute to the success of the company. I was often pushed by the CEO when I was feeling tired and that I couldn't work anymore. I've ruined friendships with some of my closet friends because of the company... In the end, the equity I got wasn't worth the trouble I went through. I will never accept equity anymore. Pay me my salary, or find another shmuck. You're not creating the next Google, Facebook or Dropbox. The equity isn't worth it.
- austenallred 11y agoSounds like getting fired was for the best
- Killswitch 11y agoI felt like a thousand pound gorilla made out of stress was literally lifted off my chest 2 days after I was fired, and my anger subsided and I thought about everything. It was a godsend. I had my head buried so deep into that company I was deluding myself. Now I'm free from the shackles that stagnated me, and I can advance my skillset and do what I love because I'm not being forced to work in an archaic codebase of spaghetti and feature creep.
- s73v3r 11y agoYet another piece of evidence of why working extra hours for the company is never worth it.